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how can I fulfill my dream of going to Cambridge?

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Reply 100
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emilY?
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Haha I so thought that was coming but had no way of finding out!
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Crimsonchilli
lol
read between the lines you fool
of course they dont
but its about showing you have a rounded personality

but fine, im not complaining. You lot live your incredibly boring lives smirking to yourselves how you know the secret how to get into cambs, laughing at all the normal people having fun and enjoying themselves. fools arnt they.
if only they knew what we did.
WoW all the way eh ?


Mate, shut up.
Quick question: When your wrong which one of the following two things to do:

1. Admit it, say that your more used to talking about law/medicine and accept that maths is a different scenario

2. Argue with those who actually have offers and those who have studied/are studying maths at Cambridge, and resort to trying to insult them.

:awesome:

wanna use a 50:50 ?
Reply 103
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mizzangelic
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Hi, i've just finished yr 11. I would really like to go to Cambridge and study English Literature. For A level I'm doing English lit, physics, biology, mathematics and citizenship. I will drop citizenship and maybe biology in yr 13. Apart from getting the grades A*A A at a level, what else could I do to get in? What GCSE grades would be acceptable?
Read some books.
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A couple of years ago the average Cambridge student had 6A*. It's probably higher now but I haven't seen any updated figures. This is indicative of what kind of grades they look for, however, all applicants are judged individually and it's perfectly possible to be accepted with worse GCSE grades - particularly if you are especially impressive at interview or attended a poor performing school.

I personally wouldn't waste time doing an A level in Citizenship - it would be much better for you to focus your energies on your other 4 academic subjects.
Background reading, a lot of background reading.
Read lots of styles of texts, get a ''specialist'' area of interest, perhaps consider doing another essay subject instead of one of the scientific ones and don't pin all your hopes on Cambridge!!
The back gate is usually unlocked :wink:
Funpeddler
The back gate is usually unlocked :wink:

So Cambridge is like a woman then? Problem solved!
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mizzangelic
Hi, i've just finished yr 11. I would really like to go to Cambridge and study English Literature. For A level I'm doing English lit, physics, biology, mathematics and citizenship. I will drop citizenship and maybe biology in yr 13. Apart from getting the grades A*A A at a level, what else could I do to get in? What GCSE grades would be acceptable?

Are you sure? According to your previous threads, you're also dead set on doing Ukrainian and East European Studies at UCL, Biology at Oxford, Biology at Newcastle, Maths at Cambridge and English at Newcastle (and all but the first of those were posted within the past 24 hours). Somebody needs to make up her mind, methinks...
hobnob
Are you sure? According to your previous threads, you're also dead set on doing Ukrainian and East European Studies at UCL, Biology at Oxford, Biology at Newcastle, Maths at Cambridge and English at Newcastle (and all but the first of those were posted within the past 24 hours). Somebody needs to make up her mind, methinks...


:rofl: excellent research on your part!!

I love it when things like this happen. OP you should really think about courses you want to study, really narrow it down and find out where they're available THEN decide on universities :smile:
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hobnob
Are you sure? According to your previous threads, you're also dead set on doing Ukrainian and East European Studies at UCL, Biology at Oxford, Biology at Newcastle, Maths at Cambridge and English at Newcastle (and all but the first of those were posted within the past 24 hours). Somebody needs to make up her mind, methinks...


:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

They're not even slightly related to each other!! It's quite normal to be unsure, but this... (though when I was at Trinity open day there was a girl who at 10 am was set on doing History and at 3 pm was quite sure about geography! :rofl: )
mizzangelic
what else could I do to get in?

I'd walk through the front door, if I were you, probably ask the janitor to open them should they be closed :lolwut:
hobnob
Are you sure? According to your previous threads, you're also dead set on doing Ukrainian and East European Studies at UCL, Biology at Oxford, Biology at Newcastle, Maths at Cambridge and English at Newcastle (and all but the first of those were posted within the past 24 hours). Somebody needs to make up her mind, methinks...


:holmes:
leala4628
Read lots of styles of texts, get a ''specialist'' area of interest, perhaps consider doing another essay subject instead of one of the scientific ones and don't pin all your hopes on Cambridge!!


That's the best advice you could get. OP if you read something make sure you form opinions and can talk about it. Read around it too if you want to bring it up in an interview - know context and themes and link them to other texts you find interesting.
jcb914
A couple of years ago the average Cambridge student had 6A*. It's probably higher now but I haven't seen any updated figures. This is indicative of what kind of grades they look for, however, all applicants are judged individually and it's perfectly possible to be accepted with worse GCSE grades - particularly if you are especially impressive at interview or attended a poor performing school.

I personally wouldn't waste time doing an A level in Citizenship - it would be much better for you to focus your energies on your other 4 academic subjects.


I read that the average now is 6A*. Personally, I'm a little skeptical about this. But I think it's Cambridge themselves that wrote it somewhere. I can't recall where though; be it a prospectus, website, whatever.
Dadeyemi
medics need a LOT (seriously its just crazy) of work experince


For someone who harps on about only talking about subjects you know, that line was somewhat hypocritical.

Medics do not need a lot of work experience. They need to do enough to show that they understand what they are getting themselves in for. In itself that does not take a lot of time, it could easily be accomplished in just a couple of days shadowing.

The difference is that a lot of medics want to do more work experience, because they find it fulfilling and get a lot out of it. Hence a lot of medics have a lot of work experience, but it isn't something they need.
Reply 118
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Mrm.
What absolute Rubbish. You Do Not Need ANY Extracurriculars



ofcourse you do. You're competing in a place where you're grades count for nothing because everyone has all A*s. So obviously how the hell do you expect them to differentiate between candidates?
bluemax
ofcourse you do. You're competing in a place where you're grades count for nothing because everyone has all A*s. So obviously how the hell do you expect them to differentiate between candidates?

Entrance exam? Interviews? AEAs? STEP?

As I've said, my Personal Statement was 100% maths - not that it really mattered as they don't read them anyway. I still got in.

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